From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 22:59:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0CE9106566C for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:59:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 913BD8FC08 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67AAF1CC1A; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:59:20 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4BA6A4C7.30703@hdk5.net> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:59:19 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alejandro Imass References: <20100321101137.GA8202@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: OT: dead box X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:59:21 -0000 Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Frank Shute wrote: >> Sorry if this is a bit off-topic. >> >> I came in the other day to find my workstation powered off. Hitting >> the power on button had no effect as did using another known working >> outlet. I checked all the cables and they seem attached. >> >> I thought my power supply must have died so I got another, screwed it >> in and again no joy - no sign of life. >> >> Anybody got any ideas what the problem may be? I'm thinking possibly >> the power on switch but that seems a long shot and there seems no easy >> way to replace it. >> > > I had this happen recently (BTW it was FBSD server ;-) )! I took > _everything_ appart, and then assembled it little by little checking > at each step. Incredibly it just workd after reseating the CPU, RAM, > and re-connecting every single component. Also, I swapped components > with a similar machine for testing which will help you test the > components on a known-working machine. > > > Good luck, > Alejandro Imass > >> My hardware: >> >> Antec Sonata case. >> Gigabyte board. >> Core 2 duo >> >> TIA, >> >> Regards, >> >> -- ############ Aloha, Like Alejandro did two weeks ago I replaced a mobo that acted the same way. I took the old board apart one device at a time and it remained dead until I removed the CPU and and reseated it and up she came. This desktop is in an un-airconditioned house here in Hawaii and we get cool nights in the Winter months and warm days. Components walk out of the sockets I think from the temperature changes and corrosion from the tropic air. You may want to see if this is the problem. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol